Psalms 22
1 For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. O God, my God, attend to me: why have you forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.
To the Chief Musician. On "the Hind of the Dawn." A Melody of David. My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?
2 O my God, I will cry to you by day, but you will not hear: and by night, and [it shall] not [be accounted] for folly to me.
My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.
3 But you, the praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary.
But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers hoped in you; they hoped, and you did deliver them.
In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;
5 They cried to you, and were saved: they hoped in you, and were not ashamed.
Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.
6 But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.
But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;
7 All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with [their] lips, they shook the head, [saying],
All that see me, laugh at me, —They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: —
8 He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.
He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him, —Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
9 For you are he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's breasts.
For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother;
10 I was cast on you from the womb: you are my God from my mother's belly.
Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.
11 Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.
Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.
12 Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round.
Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;
13 They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.
They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are loosened: my heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax.
Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones, —My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;
15 My strength is dried up, like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and you have brought me down to the dust of death.
Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.
16 For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet.
For dogs have surrounded me, —An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
17 They counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me.
I may tell all my bones, They, look for—they behold me!
18 They parted my garments [amongst] themselves, and cast lots upon my raiment.
They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots.
19 But you, O Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid.
But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only-begotten one from the power of the dog.
Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:
21 Save me from the lion's mouth; and [regard] my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.
Save me from the mouth of the lion, —Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
22 I will declare your name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise to you.
I will declare thy Name unto my brethren, —In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee.
23 You that fear the Lord, praise him; all you seed of Jacob, glorify him: let all the seed of Israel fear him.
Ye that revere Yahweh, praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, And, stand in awe of him, all ye seed of Israel.
24 For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard.
25 My praise is of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for ever.
The patient wronged-ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord: and all the kindred of the nations shall worship before him.
All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee,
28 For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he is the governor of the nations.
For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations.
29 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: all that go down to the earth shall fall down before him: my soul also lives to him.
All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!
30 And my seed shall serve him: the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord.
My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:
31 And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.
That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
